Project Name:Cloudscapes Project Credits: Transsolar + Tetsuo Kondo architects Project Brief Description:
This project investigates the poetic nature of clouds through an installation at the 12th International Architecture Biennale in Venice. By controlling the microclimate of the space in the Arsenale building, a layer of artificial clouds are made to hover above the ground level, remaining in balance above the heads of the viewers.
To fully experience the immaterial lightness of clouds, a winding system of ramps is situated in the middle of the room, allowing the viewers to feel and touch the clouds by physically entering it, walking over it, and back down again.
This meandering pathway aims to show all three layers of distinct climates in the room: on the ground level, the air is cool and dry; half way up the ramps among the clouds, the air is warm and humid; finally, one ones comes up above the cloud layer, the air is hot but moistureless.
Project Credits: Transsolar + Tetsuo Kondo architects
Project Brief Description:
This project investigates the poetic nature of clouds through an installation at the 12th International Architecture Biennale in Venice. By controlling the microclimate of the space in the Arsenale building, a layer of artificial clouds are made to hover above the ground level, remaining in balance above the heads of the viewers.
To fully experience the immaterial lightness of clouds, a winding system of ramps is situated in the middle of the room, allowing the viewers to feel and touch the clouds by physically entering it, walking over it, and back down again.
This meandering pathway aims to show all three layers of distinct climates in the room: on the ground level, the air is cool and dry; half way up the ramps among the clouds, the air is warm and humid; finally, one ones comes up above the cloud layer, the air is hot but moistureless.
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Relevant Web Addresses:
http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/11396/transsolar-tetsuo-kondo-architects-cloudscapes-at-venice-biennale.html
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1. Cloudscapes, by Transsolar + Tetsuo Kondo architects